English IV

March 21st, 2020 Juan Alexander Rosales. 20180900531 Ing. Industrial

Topic: Comparisons, Comparative Adjectives and Superlative Adjectives

 Comparative adjectives
When we compare two (or more) people or things we use a “comparative” adjective plus “than”.

John is taller than Bill

1. With adjectives of one syllable: we add “er”

Large = larger (than)
Small = smaller (than)
2. With 2 syllable adjectives ending in “y”; we delete the “y” and add “ier”.
Easy = easier (than)
Busy = busier (than)
3. With other adjectives with two or more syllable we use “more”
Expensive = more expensive (than)
Difficult = more difficult (than)

 Superlative Adjectives
1. With adjectives with one syllable we use “the” and add “est”.
Large = the largest
Small = the smallest
2. With two-syllable adjectives ending in “y”; we delete the “y” and add “iest”
Easy = the easiest
Busy = the busiest
3. With other adjectives with two or more syllable we use “the most” followed by the adjective
Expensive= the most expensive
Difficult= the most difficult

Spelling
When an adjective ends in a vowel + a consonant, we double the consonant
Big = bigger (than) or the biggest
Thin = thinner (than) or the thinnest

Irregular Forms
There are some adjectives that do not follow these rules. You need to memorize them.

Adjectives Comparatives Superlatives

Good Better Best
Bad Worse The worst
Little Less (than) The least
Much More (than) The most
Many More (than) The most
 Far Further (than) The furthest

Practice: complete the chart with the comparative and superlative form of the adjectives

Adjectives comparative Superlative

Important More important Most important Assignment: This
Bad Worse The worst
must be sent to my
Serious More serious Most serious
email Fast Faster Fastest address
Sharp sharper The sharpest
Hot hotter hottest
beautiful More beautiful Most beautiful
Handsome handsomer The handsomest
Easy easier easiest
Difficult difficulter difficultest
Young younger Youngest
Pretty prettier prettiest
Strong stronger Strongest
Old Older/elder Oldest/eldest
Happy Happier Happiest
Lucky luckier luckiest
Deep deeper Deepest
Hot hotter hottest
Heavy heavier heaviest
serious More serious Most serious
meylin.gonzalez77@gmail.com. Due date Thursday 26th.
A. Use the simple, comparative or superlative forms of the adjectives in the box to complete the story. Some
adjectives can be used more than once.

late early good cheap Hard

quick busy fast interesting slow

1. Every morning Mario gets up _______ late_______. He gets up ______ earlier than _________ his sister
Maria who is always the first one up. She gets up very ________early_______ because she has to cook
breakfast for everyone. She cooks all the breakfast because she is the _____best_______ cook in the
house, even _______better_________ her mother.
2. Mario catches a bus to work because they are _______cheapest______ taxis but they are also ________
slower___ than taxis but they are also _____cheaper________ taxis and so he must allow plenty of time.
He started a new job last month and he doesn´t want to be ____latest______. His new job is
________better_________ his old job but the work is much.
3. Maria leaves home at 8 o´clock. She takes a taxi because they are ______ fastest _______ buses. Maria
always has a lot of work to do so she is ______busy________ every day is but Monday is the
_____busier____ day.
4. Both Maria and Mario meet for lunch at Bodega restaurant. It may not be the ___ more interesting _____
restaurant in town but the food is certainly the ____cheap________.
B. Write three comparative sentences from the information below.
Central Hotel: $ 105 per night, 50 rooms
Grand Hotel: $ 95 per night, 80 rooms
1. E.g.: Central Hotel is more expensive than Grand Hotel.
2. Grand Hotel is bigger than Central Hotel.
3. Central Hotel is smaller than Grand Hotel.
4. Grand Hotel is cheaper than Central Hotel.